[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46402-46403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18773]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) will submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Commerce.
    Title: Expenditures Incurred by Recipients of Biomedical Research 
Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0069.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 120.
    Average Hours per Response: 16 hours is the average, but may vary 
among respondents because of differences in institution structure, 
size, and complexity.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,920 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The survey obtains the distribution of expenditures 
incurred by recipients of biomedical research awards from the National 
Institutes of Health (NIH) and will provide information on how the NIH 
award amounts are expended across several major categories. This 
information, along with wage and price data from other published 
sources, will be used to generate the Biomedical Research and 
Development Price Index (BRDPI). The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) 
of the Department of Commerce develops this index for NIH under a 
reimbursable contract. The BRDPI is an index of prices paid for the 
labor, supplies, equipment, and other inputs required to perform the 
biomedical research the NIH supports in its intramural laboratories and 
through its awards to extramural organizations. The BRDPI is a vital 
tool for planning the NIH research budget and analyzing future NIH 
programs. A survey of award recipients is currently the only means for 
updating the expenditure categories weights that are used to prepare 
the BRDPI.
    A survey questionnaire with a cover letter that includes a brief 
description

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of, and rationale for, the survey will be sent to potential respondents 
by the first week of October in 2014 and by August of 2015 and 2016. A 
report of the respondent's expenditures of the NIH award amounts, 
including NIH awards received as a sub-recipient from another 
institution, following the proposed format for expenditure categories 
attached to the survey's cover letter, will be requested to be returned 
no later than December 8, which in most years will be approximately 120 
days after mailing. Survey respondents will be selected on the basis of 
award levels, which determine the weight of the respondent in the 
biomedical research and development price index. BEA proposes to survey 
150 organizations that receive NIH biomedical research awards. This 
will include the top 100 organizations in total awards received; 40 
additional organizations that are not primarily in the ``Research and 
Development (R&D) contracts'' category; and 10 additional organizations 
that are primarily in the ``R&D contracts'' category. Based on awards 
data for FY 2009 by type of organization, the top 100 organizations 
received $16.2 billion in awards (approximately 73 percent of total 
awards); the remaining awards-receiving organizations received $6.0 
billion.
    Affected Public: Universities or other organizations that are NIH 
award recipients.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

    Legal Authority: 45 CFR subpart C, Post-Award Requirements, 
sections 74.21 and 74.53; 42 U.S.C. 282; Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535 
and 1536); and 15 U.S.C. 1525.

    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce 
collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to OIRA [email protected] or faxed to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: August 5, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-18773 Filed 8-7-14; 8:45 am]
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